USG4 Flashcards
Protections against government abusing our rights
Civil liberties
Positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for ALL people
Civil right
Making a conscious choice to participate in activities related to governing, politics & public good
Civic responsibility women fought decades to gain the right to vote know as suffrage
How people exercise their power in the US
Voting
People who have no particular political part affliction
Independent
Voting for candidates from different political parties in an election
Spilt- ticket voting
Average voters
Grassroot
Difference in voting habits of men & women
Gender gap
Way to vote if you know that are going to be out of town on Election Day
Absentee voting
Supreme Court decision that established the policy of separate but equal
Plessy v Ferguson
Supreme Court decision
Over turned Plessy v Ferguson; establishes the principle that separate but equal had no place in education- Brown v Board of Education
Credited with creating the political party symbols he drew in a political cartoon
Thomas nast
2 main political parties in the United States and symbols of each
Democratic Party and Republican Party
Symbols of the
Democratic-
Republican-
- donkey
- elephant
Maintaining traditional political views
Conservative
Having non traditional political views that are open to change
Liberal
Non violent leader of the civil right movement
Martin Luther king Jr.
Laws in the South that allowed segregation of whites & African Americans
Jim Crow laws
Blacks were allowed to attend wife schools on a voluntary basis
Integration
Because of federal mandate, black & white schools were unified
Desegregation
Separation of one group from another
Segregation
People have who have no particular party affiliations
Independent
Voting for candidates from different political parties in an election
Split ticket voting
False and malicious use of printed words
Libel